·Ubiquitous- existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time ·Protean- taking on different forms ·Potpourri- any mixture, esp. of unrelated objects, subjects, etc. ·irreverent- non respectful ·satire- the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule ·Acolytes- A devoted follower or attendant. ·predecessors- Something that has been succeeded by another Notes:
·The statue of liberty stands in the harbor of New York City ·Massive, dull, ungainly sculpture ·Very powerful global symbol to people around the world ·Served as a the model for the ill fated goddess of democracy built in Beijing Tiananmen Square ·Occupies a special place in American life and endowed multiple meanings by its acolytes ·Nicknames: Liberty Enlightening the world, The lady with the torch, and Goddess of liberty ·Symbolizes- republican ideals, human freedom, and France + American = friendship ·In time it was a icon of America itself, succeeding its processors, uncle Sam and miss Columbia ·Uncle Sam- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States (US), with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852. He is often depicted as a serious elderly white man with white hair and a goatee, with an obvious resemblance to Presidents Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United States—for example, typically a top hat with red and white stripes and white stars on a blue band, and red and white striped trousers. ·Mother of exiles was the dominant interpretation during the centennial observances. She was the maternal presences that welcomed millions of immigrants.
Secondary Sources #2
Vocabulary Words:
·Rapturous- full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight. ·Evocation- Creation anew through the power of the memory or imagination ·Reverence- a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe
Notes:
·The chairman of the statue of liberty was Lee Iacocca whose parents sailed past the statue of liberty on the way from Italy. ·It was not an accident that she became the chairman ·The statue of liberty to Iacocca and immigrants meant “enduring symbol of hope” ·Conceptualized by: Edouard-Rene Lefchvre de Laboulaye French legal scholar and historian and executed by Alsatian Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi ·Monument was suppose to be centennial gift from the French people representing republic ideals Franco-American amity ·Money for statue was raised by popular subscriptions in France. ·Emma Lazarus in 1883 wrote the poem the new colossus ·She named statue Mother of Exiles ·Her words created a stereotype of immigrants ·“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tose to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” ·Many other poets have made a connectionof immigration and free to the statue of liberty ·The statue of liberty was like a god to some immigrants because the statue told them they were in a new country and tyranny was official gone out of their lives. It was time to turn over a new leaf and be free. ·“…All hail the monument of Liberty because tot hem it seems to incarnate their own uplifting.” Jose Marti ·At first many immigrants was scared and terrified of coming to a new land because they weren’t familiar with any of the laws, people, or expectations of living there. ·Surprisingly when they saw the statue it was like she was opening her arms to them like she was the mother of millions of new adopted children. ·Immigrants call her the mother of immigrants ·Immigrant’s feelings of first sighting the statue of liberty is usually evocation. ·An elderly Ukrainian said “When you see that liberty statue, when you see that open hand, it’s the greatest feeling. Its like going to heaven and god accepts you.” ·Edward Corsi, Came as a boy with family, from Abruzzi, Remembered…”mothers and fathers lifted up the babies so that they 100 could see, off to the left, the statue of liberty. I looked at the statue with a sense of bewilderment, half doubting its reality. Looming shadowy through the mist, it brought silence to the docks of the Florida. This symbol of America…this enormous expression of what we had all been taught was the inner meaning of this country we were coming to…inspired awe in the hopeful immigrants ·Edward A. Steiner, And immigrant who became a professor…”The steerage is still mute…slowly the ship glides into the harbor, and when it passes under the shadow of the statue of liberty, the silence is broken, and a thousands hands are outstretched in greeting to this new divinity to whose keeping they now entrust themselves. ·A religious aura was developed with certain immigrants about the statue. ·Catholic peasants…What could she actual been but a Madonna? ·Italian woman, many years in the United States, kept on her burea a miniature statue of liberty next to the Madonna of Montevergine. ·Madonna of Montevergine: is like a replica of Jesus’ mother Mary for catholic people.
Secondary Source # 3: Notes ·Hungary women sent a petition to President Herbert Hoover, a painting depicting peasant women in an attitude of adoration toward the statue bearing the inscription hail liberty adorned the cover ·The symbolism of liberty welcoming the newcomer was soon changed in American iconography ·Illustrations in popular magazines portrayed steerage passengers in peasant garbs saluting the statue ·The symbolic link from the statue to emigration was disseminated throughout Europe by emigrant guides of transatlantic shipping lines ·Statue was incorporated into the logos of ethnic fraternal organization such as landsmanshaften as though they had p[laced themselves under protection
Secondary Source # 4 Notes ·The statue was also the preferred symbol for manuals published by public authorities and by civic organizations devoted to teaching citizenship and English. ·Pageants for children dressed at the statue of liberty welcomed other children dressed in ethnic costumes were performed in public schools ·By the early twentieth century the statue of liberty and immigration became inextricably intertwined in the mines of Americans as well as immigrants ·Statue of liberty was not always a benign or unequivocal oracle with respect to immigration policy ·When the ninetieth century was almost over it was a time of increasing naturism and agitation for immigration restriction ·In 1882 the first broad federal immigration law excluded convicts ,idiots, paupers, and lunatics ·The same year the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 barred entry to Chinese laborers and denied citizenship to Chinese ·A Chinese view of the statue of liberty: means that the country is free for all men except Chinese, consider it a insult to Chinese because they were ask to contribute to building the pedestal ·Torch represents liberty lighting the passage for those of all nations who come into the country ·Men from other nations insult, abuse, assault, and wrong injuries ·The 1882 Chinese exclusion act: This article is about the former U.S. law. For the similar Canadian law, see Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law passed on May 6, 1882, following revisions made in 1880 to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868. Those revisions allowed the U.S. to suspend immigration, and Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that lasted well over 60 years.
Primary source # 3 ·Creator : Thomas A. Edison ·Location:Bedloe's Island, New York. ·Summary: A three-quarter front view of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was erected twelve years earlier, in 1886. Edison's film shows the Statue of Liberty in all of its splendor ·Thomas A. Edison: was an Americaninventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb.
Vocabulary words:
· Ubiquitous- existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time
· Protean- taking on different forms
· Potpourri- any mixture, esp. of unrelated objects, subjects, etc.
· irreverent- non respectful
· satire- the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule
· Acolytes- A devoted follower or attendant.
· predecessors- Something that has been succeeded by another
Notes:
· The statue of liberty stands in the harbor of New York City
· Massive, dull, ungainly sculpture
· Very powerful global symbol to people around the world
· Served as a the model for the ill fated goddess of democracy built in Beijing Tiananmen Square
· Occupies a special place in American life and endowed multiple meanings by its acolytes
· Nicknames: Liberty Enlightening the world, The lady with the torch, and Goddess of liberty
· Symbolizes- republican ideals, human freedom, and France + American = friendship
· In time it was a icon of America itself, succeeding its processors, uncle Sam and miss Columbia
· Uncle Sam- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States (US), with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852. He is often depicted as a serious elderly white man with white hair and a goatee, with an obvious resemblance to Presidents Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United States—for example, typically a top hat with red and white stripes and white stars on a blue band, and red and white striped trousers.
· Mother of exiles was the dominant interpretation during the centennial observances. She was the maternal presences that welcomed millions of immigrants.
Secondary Sources #2
Vocabulary Words:
· Rapturous- full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
· Evocation- Creation anew through the power of the memory or imagination
· Reverence- a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe
Notes:
· The chairman of the statue of liberty was Lee Iacocca whose parents sailed past the statue of liberty on the way from Italy.
· It was not an accident that she became the chairman
· The statue of liberty to Iacocca and immigrants meant “enduring symbol of hope”
· Conceptualized by: Edouard-Rene Lefchvre de Laboulaye French legal scholar and historian and executed by Alsatian Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
· Monument was suppose to be centennial gift from the French people representing republic ideals Franco-American amity
· Money for statue was raised by popular subscriptions in France.
· Emma Lazarus in 1883 wrote the poem the new colossus
· She named statue Mother of Exiles
· Her words created a stereotype of immigrants
· “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tose to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
· Many other poets have made a connection of immigration and free to the statue of liberty
· The statue of liberty was like a god to some immigrants because the statue told them they were in a new country and tyranny was official gone out of their lives. It was time to turn over a new leaf and be free.
· “…All hail the monument of Liberty because tot hem it seems to incarnate their own uplifting.” Jose Marti
· At first many immigrants was scared and terrified of coming to a new land because they weren’t familiar with any of the laws, people, or expectations of living there.
· Surprisingly when they saw the statue it was like she was opening her arms to them like she was the mother of millions of new adopted children.
· Immigrants call her the mother of immigrants
· Immigrant’s feelings of first sighting the statue of liberty is usually evocation.
· An elderly Ukrainian said “When you see that liberty statue, when you see that open hand, it’s the greatest feeling. Its like going to heaven and god accepts you.”
· Edward Corsi, Came as a boy with family, from Abruzzi, Remembered…”mothers and fathers lifted up the babies so that they 100 could see, off to the left, the statue of liberty. I looked at the statue with a sense of bewilderment, half doubting its reality. Looming shadowy through the mist, it brought silence to the docks of the Florida. This symbol of America…this enormous expression of what we had all been taught was the inner meaning of this country we were coming to…inspired awe in the hopeful immigrants
· Edward A. Steiner, And immigrant who became a professor…”The steerage is still mute…slowly the ship glides into the harbor, and when it passes under the shadow of the statue of liberty, the silence is broken, and a thousands hands are outstretched in greeting to this new divinity to whose keeping they now entrust themselves.
· A religious aura was developed with certain immigrants about the statue.
· Catholic peasants…What could she actual been but a Madonna?
· Italian woman, many years in the United States, kept on her burea a miniature statue of liberty next to the Madonna of Montevergine.
· Madonna of Montevergine: is like a replica of Jesus’ mother Mary for catholic people.
Secondary Source # 3:
Notes
· Hungary women sent a petition to President Herbert Hoover, a painting depicting peasant women in an attitude of adoration toward the statue bearing the inscription hail liberty adorned the cover
· The symbolism of liberty welcoming the newcomer was soon changed in American iconography
· Illustrations in popular magazines portrayed steerage passengers in peasant garbs saluting the statue
· The symbolic link from the statue to emigration was disseminated throughout Europe by emigrant guides of transatlantic shipping lines
· Statue was incorporated into the logos of ethnic fraternal organization such as landsmanshaften as though they had p[laced themselves under protection
Secondary Source # 4
Notes
· The statue was also the preferred symbol for manuals published by public authorities and by civic organizations devoted to teaching citizenship and English.
· Pageants for children dressed at the statue of liberty welcomed other children dressed in ethnic costumes were performed in public schools
· By the early twentieth century the statue of liberty and immigration became inextricably intertwined in the mines of Americans as well as immigrants
· Statue of liberty was not always a benign or unequivocal oracle with respect to immigration policy
· When the ninetieth century was almost over it was a time of increasing naturism and agitation for immigration restriction
· In 1882 the first broad federal immigration law excluded convicts ,idiots, paupers, and lunatics
· The same year the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 barred entry to Chinese laborers and denied citizenship to Chinese
· A Chinese view of the statue of liberty: means that the country is free for all men except Chinese, consider it a insult to Chinese because they were ask to contribute to building the pedestal
· Torch represents liberty lighting the passage for those of all nations who come into the country
· Men from other nations insult, abuse, assault, and wrong injuries
· The 1882 Chinese exclusion act: This article is about the former U.S. law. For the similar Canadian law, see Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law passed on May 6, 1882, following revisions made in 1880 to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868. Those revisions allowed the U.S. to suspend immigration, and Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that lasted well over 60 years.
Primary source # 3
· Creator : Thomas A. Edison
· Location: Bedloe's Island, New York.
· Summary: A three-quarter front view of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was erected twelve years earlier, in 1886. Edison's film shows the Statue of Liberty in all of its splendor
· Thomas A. Edison: was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb.
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